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The European Union is cranking up the heat on Elon Musk-owned X. Late Thursday, the Commission sent the company a formal request for more information -- The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, including terrorist and violent content and hate speech. Earlier this week, the EU warned X for failing to take action on illegal content on its platform after Saturday’s deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation - The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, incl…::The European Union is cranking up the heat on Elon Musk-owned X. Late Thursday, the Commission sent the company a formal request for more information – The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, including terrorist and violent content and hate speech. Earlier this week, the EU warned X for failing to take action on illegal content on its platform after Saturday’s deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

  • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    1 year ago

    These include footage filmed last month in Egypt and a clip that claims to show Hamas missile attacks on Israel but is actually from a video game.

    In before someone starts circulating the Independence Day Movie clip of the White House getting blown up by aliens on X as if it were real news that actually happened and start blaming some specific group for it.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Why do I get the feeling that the video game was ARMA 3. People somehow always fall for ARMA 3

  • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    143·
    1 year ago

    Are we acting like Israel is not also terrorists themselves now? Or are we just biased against Hamas here.

    Ofc if the EU also investigates Israel disinformation, then it seems fair.

    • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think they will investigate much more than just disinformation on the Israel Hamas thing, but also the push of far-right extremism

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Earlier this week, the EU warned X for failing to take action on illegal content on its platform after Saturday’s deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

    Per the DSA, X is obligated, as as “very large online platform” to reduce risks caused by disinformation and act on reports of illegal content.

    These include footage filmed last month in Egypt and a clip that claims to show Hamas missile attacks on Israel but is actually from a video game.

    Many employees overseeing content moderation at X, including its human rights team, were eliminated during X’s mass layoffs last year, as part of Elon Musk’s bid to improve the platform’s profitability.

    The EU asked Musk to contact relevant law enforcement authorities and Europol, giving him a deadline of 24 hours to respond to requests, including one about DSA compliance.

    X said on its safety account that there had been more than 50 million posts globally over the past two days that referenced the weekend’s terrorist attack, underlining the scope of content generated.

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  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zoneEnglish
    38·
    1 year ago

    Daddy Elon has “fuck you” money. I doubt any government can make a dent in his ego.

  • Iwasondigg@lemmy.oneEnglish
    515·
    1 year ago

    Does the EU have any jurisdiction? Elon doesn’t seem to care about this at all. I have a feeling there’s nothing they can do to him/Twitter. If they have no offices, servers, operations, bank accounts, etc. In the EU, there’s nothing they can do. They can fine him all they want.

    • paintbucketholder@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      If Twitter is doing business and earning money in the European Union, then it has to abide by national law - just like any other business operating in the EU.

      In a scenario where Twitter doesn’t comply with the law, the European Union can fine Twitter, appropriate earnings from the European market, sue in the United States or invoke bilateral agreements, file for extradition, or shut down Twitter in the EU via IP ban and having the app removed from the various national app stores. Google and Apple will comply for their app stores, and European providers will comply regarding an IP ban. Some people might still be able to figure out how to access Twitter via sideloading and VPN, but it would effectively destroy Twitter’s business in the European Union.

      So yes, there’s a lot the EU can do.